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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pain•ful /ˈpeɪnfəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
    1. causing or characterized by pain:a painful wound.
    2. difficult to endure;
      agonizing:a painful life.
    pain•ful•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pain•ful  (pān′fəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. affected with, causing, or characterized by pain:a painful wound;a painful night;a painful memory.
  2. laborious;
    exacting;
    difficult:a painful life.
  3. Archaic. painstaking;
    careful.
  • 1300–50; Middle English; see pain, -ful
pain′ful•ly, adv. 
pain′ful•ness, n. 
    1. distressing, torturing, agonizing, tormenting, excruciating. 2. arduous.
    2. easy.
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